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Understand your sexual brakes and accelerators from "summary" of Come As You Are: Revised and Updated by Emily Nagoski
Understanding your sexual brakes and accelerators is crucial in enhancing your sexual experiences. Your brakes are the things that slow down or stop your sexual response, while accelerators are the things that speed up or enhance your sexual response. These brakes and accelerators can be physical, emotional, or cognitive in nature. Physical brakes can include things like pain, fatigue, illness, or medication side effects. Emotional brakes can be stress, anxiety, past trauma, or relationship conflicts. Cognitive brakes are thoughts or beliefs that hinder sexual response, such as body image issues or performance pressure. Acknowledging and addressing your brakes is essential for overcoming obstacles to sexual pleasure. It is important to identify what triggers your brakes and...
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